# Explo

[Explo](https://www.explo.co) is an customer-facing analytics platform that
enables embedding of interactive dashboards and reports into your
customer-facing web applications.

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Watch how Cube and Explo work together in this webinar recording: [Embedded
Analytics Made Simple](https://cube.dev/events/customer-facing-analytics-made-simple).

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## Connect from Cube Cloud

Navigate to the [Integrations](/product/workspace/integrations#connect-specific-tools)
page, click <Btn>Connect to Cube</Btn>, and choose <Btn>Explo</Btn> to get
detailed instructions.

## Connect from Cube Core

You can connect a Cube deployment to Explo using the [SQL API][ref-sql-api].

In Cube Core, the SQL API is disabled by default. Enable it and [configure
the credentials](/product/apis-integrations/sql-api#configuration) to
connect to Explo.

## Connecting from Explo

### Connecting a data source

To connect to Cube, go to the&nbsp;<Btn>Data</Btn> page and
click&nbsp;<Btn>Connect Data Source</Btn>:

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When asked to select a database, choose&nbsp;<Btn>Cube Cloud</Btn> from the
list:

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Enter the credentials for Cube's SQL API:

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You should get a message that Explo successfully connected to Cube and found
some tables:

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### Querying data

To query your data, go to the&nbsp;<Btn>Dashboards</Btn> page and
click&nbsp;<Btn>Create Dashboard</Btn>. Proceed with adding a new dataset
to this dashboard by clicking&nbsp;<Btn>+</Btn> (choose the schema you've
created just a few minutes ago):

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Finally, you can write SQL to query Cube via the SQL API:

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[ref-sql-api]: /product/apis-integrations/sql-api
